Optical fiber sensor for electric field and electric charge using low-coherence, Fabry-Perot interferometry

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 4505-4508

  Priest, T S ^a   Scelsi, G B ^a   Woolsey, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corona discharge; Electric field; Optical fiber sensor

Indexed keywords

CANTILEVER DEFLECTION; LOW COHERENCE FABRY PEROT INTERFEROMETRY;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0031189467     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.004505     Document Type: Article

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